This rotation on the boat took me from Juneau, Alaska to Clarkston, Washington, just across the river from Lewiston Idaho (which as the airport). A hair over three years ago I flew into Idaho to meet up with the boat for the first time. Until I started working on the Sea Lion it never occurred to me that one could meet a boat in Idaho but that first rotation I did basically that, starting in Idaho and ending in Costa Rica.

Alaska is my favorite season, and much as I hate to leave, the way down from Alaska to Seattle is always one of my favorite trips. We hit the highlights of our normal week long trips (Glacier Bay, Tracy Arm, the Inians, Petersburg) and then we turned left instead of right when we pulled off the dock in Petersburg. As usual, I took a gajillion photos.

Here are some of my favorites:

Bubble netting humpback whales enjoying breakfast

And a coastal brown bear looking for something tasty to eat in Glacier Bay

Steller Sea Lions, Marble Island, Glacier Bay

South Sawyer Glacier (just around the bend) Tracy Arm

Diving with Ashley on the pier, Alert Bay BC, Canada - my new favorite dive spot

Leaving Seattle bound for Portland (Oregon). Someday I will actually get to walk around on land in Seattle instead of popping by just long enough to load supplies.

By which I now mean “I am in Worcester”. We are still opening boxes and debating where to put various pieces of furniture, and we have another load to bring down from our storage unit in Portland, but; Sam baked bread this afternoon and our dishes are in the cupboard, so we are more moved in than not.

I have many yarn-ish thoughts, and have much yarn news to share, but before I get completely sidetracked by thoughts of knitting and dyeing I wanted to share a few photos from my last week in Alaska.

Buoy coming into Petersburg Alaska, a favorite place for napping.

Mamma brown bear and three cubs, Glacier Bay, Alaska. July 2015

The face of Johns Hopkins glacier, Glacier Bay, Alaska. (The blobs on the icebergs are seals) — The face of Johns Hopkins glacier, Glacier Bay, Alaska. (The blobs on the icebergs are seals)

Glacier Bay was Friday. On Saturday I got to go diving again, and amongst many other wondrous things I finally got to see a Giant Pacific Octopus in her den. I suspect that she was much less excited to see us.

A Few More Southbound Photos

I am home.